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Related: About this forumFour Supreme Court Justices Skip State Of The Union Address
DYLAN SCOTT JANUARY 28, 2014, 9:14 PM EST
Four Supreme Court justices did not attend President Barack Obama's State of the Union address Tuesday.
Justices Antonin Scalia, Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas and Sonia Sotamayor weren't not in attendance for the speech.
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Four Supreme Court Justices Skip State Of The Union Address (Original Post)
DonViejo
Jan 2014
OP
TexasTowelie
(112,369 posts)1. I didn't miss any of the first three that you named at all. nt
LongTomH
(8,636 posts)2. and why am I not surprised?????
efhmc
(14,731 posts)3. Are you sure about Sotamayer?
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)8. Sotomayor was in California judging moot court finals at Irvine Law School
Impedimentus
(898 posts)4. Scalia and Alito where over at Thomas's house ...
watching 1960's porn flicks.
Heather MC
(8,084 posts)10. Gotta respect them for loving the classics
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)7. Isn't it Scalia and Thomas that usually do not show up?
I know that one of them in the past has said they 'never' go to SOTU speeches.
Jersey Devil
(9,874 posts)11. Alito hasn't shown up for the past 3 years after making an ass of himself
when he was caught mouthing "it's a lie" (or something very similar) at Obama's SOTU
NYtoBush-Drop Dead
(490 posts)9. hopefully they got hit by a bus!
bigdarryl
(13,190 posts)12. Unheard of in the history of this court
It's supposed to be respectful that all three branches of Government be there.
Nitram
(22,853 posts)13. If they can't stand the heat
they'd better stay out of the kitchen.
hack89
(39,171 posts)14. We have the same conversation every year - it is not a big deal
it is extremely rare for all of the justices to attend the SOU. Scalia and Thomas stopped attending years ago. In 2000 no justices attended.
bemildred
(90,061 posts)15. I missed Scalia's hat this time too. nt